Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)

Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: लखनऊ लोक सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It is the capital of Uttar Pradesh.

Since 1991 the seat has been held by the BJP, the governing party since 2014, its best-known MP is Former Prime Minister, A. B. Vajpayee.

Assembly segments

Presently, Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency comprises ten Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments. These are:^[1]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Number of electorates (2014)^[2]
171	Lucknow West	None	Lucknow	4,00,809
172	Lucknow North	None	Lucknow	4,02,420
173	Lucknow East	None	Lucknow	4,28,118
174	Lucknow Cent.	None	Lucknow	3,60,038
175	Lucknow Cantt.	None	Lucknow	3,58,571
Total:				19,49,956

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of the Member	Party Affiliation
First	1951-52	Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit	Indian National Congress
First	1952-57	Sheorajvati Nehru	Indian National Congress
Second	1957-60	Pulin Behari Banerji	Indian National Congress
Third	1962-67	B. K. Dhaon	Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967-71	Anand Narain Mulla	Independent
Fifth	1971-77	Sheila Kaul	Indian National Congress
Sixth	1977-80	H. N. Bahuguna	Bharatiya Lok Dal
Seventh	1980-84	Sheila Kaul	Indian National Congress (Indira)
Eighth	1984-89	Sheila Kaul	Indian National Congress
Ninth	1989-90	Mandhata Singh	Janata Dal
Tenth	1991-96	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Bharatiya Janata Party
Eleventh	1996-98	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Bharatiya Janata Party
Twelfth	1998-99	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Bharatiya Janata Party
Thirteenth	1999–2004	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Bharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth	2004-09	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Bharatiya Janata Party
Fifteenth	2009-14	Lal Ji Tandon	Bharatiya Janata Party
Sixteenth	2014-Incumbent	Raj Nath Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2014 results

Indian general elections, 2014: Lucknow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Raj Nath Singh	5,61,106	54.23	+19.30
	INC	Prof. Rita Bahuguna Joshi	2,88,357	27.87	-0.06
	BSP	Nakul Dubey	64,449	6.23	-16.65
	SP	Abhishek Misra	56,771	5.49	-5.03
	AAP	Syed Javed Ahmed Jafri	41,429	4.00	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,596	0.45	+0.45
Majority			2,72,749	26.36	+18.94
Turnout			10,33,883	53.02	+17.69
	BJP hold		Swing	+19.35

2009 results

Indian general elections, 2009: Lucknow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Lal Ji Tandon	2,04,028	34.93	-21.19
	INC	Dr. Rita Bahuguna Joshi	1,63,127	27.93	+27.93
	BSP	Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta	1,33,610	22.88	+13.62
	SP	Nafisa Ali Sodhi	61,457	10.52	-7.86
	Independent	Amresh Mishra	3,486	0.60
	AITMC	Rajesh Kumar Pandey	2,164	0.37
	Swarajya Party Of India	Anupam Mishra	1,230	0.21
	Independent	Rajiv Ranjan Tiwari	1,224	0.21
Majority			40,901	7.00	-49.18
Turnout			5,84,051	35.33
	BJP hold		Swing

2004 results

Indian general elections, 2004: Lucknow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	3,24,714	56.12	+21.19
	SP	Madhu Gupta	1,06,339	18.38	+7.92
	Independent	Ram Boolchand Jethmalani	57,685	9.97	N/A
	BSP	Nasir Ali Siddiqui	53,566	9.26	-7.86
	Samata Party	Krishna Pal	6,928	1.20
	Independent	Sheikh Ajij Ahmad Dyer	4,051	0.70
	Independent	Salahuddin	3,965	0.60
	AD	Arun Kumar Patel	2,804	0.48
	Independent	Ajay Chaturvedi	2,110	0.36
	Independent	Domai	1,203	0.21
	Independent	Ajay Kumar Pandey	1,043	0.18
	Independent	D.P.Pal	1,026	0.18
	Independent	Jaffar Ali	1,018	0.18
	Janata Party	Nand Kumar Rajpoot	981	0.17
	Independent	Mohd. Kamran Siddiqui	918	0.16
	Independent	Askari Shakti	885	0.15
	Indian Justice Party	Dr. Vijay Narayan Pal	864	0.15
	Independent	Khem Singh Arya	829	0.14
	Independent	Pradeep Kumar Rawat	753	0.13
	Independent	Faguram	671	0.12
	Independent	Neelam Singh	639	0.11
Majority			2,18,375	37.74	+21.34
Turnout			5,78,556	35.28	-13.29
	BJP hold		Swing

1999 results

Indian general election, 1999: Lucknow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	3,62,709	48.11
	INC	Dr. Karan Singh	2,39,085	31.71
	SP	Bhagwati Singh	78,826	10.46
	BSP	Ijaharul Haque	43,948	5.83
	Independent	Dr. Vijay Agarwal	8,527	1.13
Majority			1,23,624	16.40
Turnout			7,53,943	48.57
	BJP hold		Swing

1998 results

Indian general election, 1998: Lucknow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	4,31,738	57.82
	SP	Muzzafar Ali	2,15,475	28.86
	BSP	Dr. Dau Ji Gupta	56,887	7.62
	INC	Ranjeet Singh	38,636	5.17
	Independent	Kumari Katori Devi	1,099	0.15
Majority			2,16,263	28.96
Turnout			7,46,669	49.35
	BJP hold		Swing

1996 results

Indian general election, 1996: Lucknow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	3,94,865	52.25
	SP	Raj Babbar	2,76,194	36.55
	BSP	Ved Prakash Grover	42,993	5.69
	INC	Om Pathak	19,042	2.42
	Independent	Ramdev	3,639	0.48
Majority			1,18,671	15.70
Turnout			7,55,746	50.78
	BJP hold		Swing

1991 results

Indian general election, 1991: Lucknow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	1,94,886	50.90
	INC	Ranjeet Singh	77,583	20.26
	Janata Party	Heeru Saxena	59,385	15.51
	Janata Dal	Mandhata Singh	22,357	5.84
	BSP	Balbir Singh Saluja	13,728	3.59
Majority			1,17,303	30.64
Turnout			3,82,877	32.23
	BJP gain from Janata Dal		Swing	16.82

1989 results

Indian general election, 1989: Lucknow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Janata Dal	Mandhata Singh	1,10,433	34.08
	INC	Dau Ji	95,137	29.36
	Independent	Balraj Madhok	73,839	22.78
	BSP	Jagmohan Singh Verma	20,393	6.29
Majority			15,614	4.72
Turnout			3,24,073	28.65
	Janata Dal gain from INC		Swing

1984 results

Indian general election, 1984: Lucknow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sheila Kaul	1,69,260	55.67
	Lok Dal	Mohammad Yunus Saleem	47,140	15.50
	BJP	Lal Ji Tandon	36,973	12.16
	Janata Party	D. P. Bora	15,783	6.29
Majority			1,22,120	40.17
Turnout			3,04,058	40.30
	INC hold		Swing

1980 results

Indian general election, 1980: Lucknow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Sheila Kaul	1,23,231	47.65
	Janata Party	Mahmood Butt	92,849	35.90
	INC(U)	Triloki Singh	17,163	6.64
Majority			30,382	11.75
Turnout			2,58,620	37.63
	INC(I) gain from BLD		Swing

1977 results

Indian general election, 1977: Lucknow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BLD	Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna	2,42,362	72.99
	INC	Sheila Kaul	77,017	23.19
	Independent	Sarju Prasad	5,534	1.67
Majority			1,65,345	49.80
Turnout			3,32,049	53.52
	BLD gain from INC		Swing

1971 results

Indian general election, 1971: Lucknow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sheila Kaul	1,71,019	71.61
	BJS	Purushottam Das Kapoor	51,818	21.70
	BKD	D.P. Bora	12,039	5.04
Majority			1,19,201	49.91
Turnout			2,38,808	46.49
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

1967 results

Indian general election, 1967: Lucknow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anand Narain Mulla	92,535	36.55
	INC	V.R. Mohan	71,563	28.27
	BJS	R.C. Sharma	60,291	23.81
Majority			20,972	8.28
Turnout			2,53,175	27.63
	Independent gain from INC		Swing

1957 results

Indian general election, 1957: Lucknow
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Pulin Behari Banerji	69,519	40.75
	BJS	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	57,034	33.44
	CPI	Fazal Abbas Kazmi	28,542	16.73
Majority			12,485	7.31
Turnout			1,70,579	45.12
	INC hold		Swing

1952 results

By Election, 1952: Lucknow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sheorajvati Nehru	49,324	41.83
	PSP	Tirloki Singh	34,578	29.33
	BJS	Atal Behari Bajpai	33,986	28.82
Majority			14,746	12.50
Turnout			1,17,888	33.35
	INC hold		Swing

1951 results

General Election, 1951: Lucknow Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit	1,02,764	69.17
	BJS	Har Govind Dayal	35,112	23.63
	ABRRP	Gaya Prasad Shukla	6,021	4.05
Majority			67,652	45.54
Turnout			1,48,569	42.03

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Notes

↑ "Information and Statistics-Parliamentary Constituencies-43-Kanpur". Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh website.
↑ Parliamentary & Assembly Constituency-Wise Report of Electors in the Final Roll-2014

Lok Sabha constituencies of Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow division topics

General	Awadh University of Lucknow Firangi Mahal United Provinces of Agra and Oudh Bara Imambara Chota Imambara Lucknow Zoo The Pioneer (newspaper)

History	Siege of Lucknow Lucknow Pact Nawab of Awadh Khilafat Movement Kakori conspiracy

Districts	Hardoi Lakhimpur Kheri Lucknow Raebareli Sitapur Unnao

Rivers, dams, lakes	Ganges Ghaghara Gomti Sarayu

Languages, people	Awadhi Hindustani Standard Hindi Urdu

Transport	NH 24B NH 25 NH 25A NH 56 NH 56A NH 56B Charbagh Railway Station Barabanki–Lucknow Suburban Railway Lucknow–Kanpur Suburban Railway Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport Lucknow Metro

Industries	Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Station

Wildlife sanctuaries	Kukrail Reserve Forest Dudhwa National Park Dudhwa Tiger Reserve Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary Samaspur Sanctuary Sandi Bird Sanctuary

Lok Sabha constituencies	Hardoi Misrikh Kheri Dhaurahra Lucknow Rae Bareli Sitapur Mohanlalganj Unnao

See also	Cities and towns in Hardoi district Cities and towns in Lakhimpur Kheri district Cities and towns in Lucknow district Cities and towns in Raebareli district Cities and towns in Sitapur district Cities and towns in Unnao district Villages in Hardoi district Villages in Lakhimpur Kheri district Villages in Lucknow district Villages in Raebareli district Villages in Unnao district People from Hardoi People from Lakhimpur Kheri People from Lucknow People from Raebareli People from Unnao

Other Divisions	Agra Aligarh Allahabad Azamgarh Bareilly Basti Chitrakoot Devipatan Faizabad Gorakhpur Jhansi Kanpur Meerut Mirzapur Moradabad Saharanpur Varanasi

Coordinates: 26°51′N 80°56′E / 26.85°N 80.94°E / 26.85; 80.94

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